General Skills Statistics

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,559 23.06%	6,413
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,529 13.60%	4,831
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	-	6,643 7.83%	1,021
Banking	16	Up 19 places+19	£88,750	+5.71%	5,841 6.89%	560
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£53,500	-2.72%	4,859 5.73%	2,626
Marketing	41	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-18.18%	3,839 4.53%	2,008
Public Sector	57	Up 36 places+36	£60,000	-	2,803 3.31%	1,140
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,612 3.08%	1,110
Retail	62	Down -6 places-6	£52,500	-4.54%	2,596 3.06%	1,274
Law	76	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	+9.09%	2,169 2.56%	656
Legal	80	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+13.04%	1,943 2.29%	876
Organisational Skills	97	Up 9 places+9	£38,000	-14.12%	1,634 1.93%	848
Telecoms	106	Up 11 places+11	£42,500	-10.52%	1,543 1.82%	600
Electronics	172	Down -45 places-45	£52,500	-11.61%	1,072 1.26%	444
Games	220	Down -35 places-35	£50,000	-9.09%	844 1.00%	373
Presentation Skills	223	Down -135 places-135	£60,000	+3.89%	821 0.97%	550
Influencing Skills	229	Down -10 places-10	£77,000	+23.20%	782 0.92%	364
Automotive	238	Up 91 places+91	£48,000	-9.85%	726 0.86%	390
Aerospace	259	Up 72 places+72	£55,000	+0.37%	666 0.79%	414
Advertising	278	Down -102 places-102	£45,000	-25.00%	596 0.70%	301
Pharmaceutical	294	Up 14 places+14	£60,000	+20.00%	565 0.67%	214
Multimedia	305	Up 272 places+272	£30,500	-12.23%	533 0.63%	430
Local Government	331	Down -40 places-40	£50,000	-	465 0.55%	224
Financial Institution	332	Down -155 places-155	£85,000	-2.85%	463 0.55%	181
Back Office	350	Up 131 places+131	£55,000	-24.13%	437 0.52%	139
Documentation Skills	351	Up 89 places+89	£55,000	+2.80%	435 0.51%	188
Billing	389	Up 107 places+107	£42,500	-24.10%	366 0.43%	255
Front Office	393	Down -248 places-248	£112,500	-	356 0.42%	159
French Language	408	Down -164 places-164	£45,000	-30.76%	335 0.40%	131
Military	410	Up 29 places+29	£50,000	-13.04%	333 0.39%	179
German Language	433	Down -192 places-192	£40,000	-44.82%	297 0.35%	170
Aviation	474	Up 38 places+38	£65,000	+13.04%	241 0.28%	121
Tech for Good	505	Down -40 places-40	£70,000	+7.69%	206 0.24%	32
Health Technology	510	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-14.28%	201 0.24%	79
Publishing	533	Down -94 places-94	£60,000	-7.69%	178 0.21%	77
Investment Banking	546	Down -169 places-169	£95,000	-15.55%	165 0.19%	76
Police	575	Down -165 places-165	£55,000	+6.19%	136 0.16%	36
Spanish Language	586	Up 16 places+16	£40,000	-23.80%	124 0.15%	76
Social Housing	617	Down -78 places-78	£50,000	-13.04%	93 0.11%	50
Agriculture	618	Down -29 places-29	£43,500	-15.12%	92 0.11%	62
Aeronautics	628	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.097%	15
Retail Banking	631	Down -107 places-107	£83,750	+0.20%	79 0.093%	18
Dutch Language	634	Down -31 places-31	£35,000	-6.66%	76 0.090%	39
Italian Language	635	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	-40.35%	75 0.088%	39
Brand Awareness	637	Down -46 places-46	£42,500	-	73 0.086%	47
General Ledger	639	Down -64 places-64	£82,500	+14.59%	71 0.084%	33
Digital Healthcare	643	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-7.69%	67 0.079%	24
Fire and Rescue	645	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	-22.80%	65 0.077%	33
Digital Health	647	Down -19 places-19	£77,500	+40.90%	63 0.074%	47
Swedish Language	647	Down -10 places-10	£45,000	+87.50%	63 0.074%	14